70th anniversary of the creation of UPA

October 14th, 1942 was declared the day of the creation of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (Ukrayinska Povstanska Armiya - UPA) in 1947, though UPA detachments began to do military actions in spring of 1943. But the Protection of the Mother of God religious holiday is celebrated on October 14th, and the soldiers of UPA, as Ukrainian cossacks in Zaporizka Sich, respected this Christian holiday very much, so that's why October 14th, the date of the day of Ukrainian Insurgent Army's foundation, was chosen more symbolically. And this year Ukraine's people celebrated 70th anniversary of the creation of UPA on October 14th, 2012.
UPA soldiers were Ukrainian knights in the years of the Second World War, because UPA had fought for Ukrainian independent state and against Soviet, Nazi and Polish occupants of Ukraine's teriitory. Any war brings deaths and ruins, but the war gives also the chance for enslaved nations to create a new state. Ukraine didn't begin the World War II, but Ukrainian territory was the active camp of the battle between Soviet and Nazi troops, so Ukrainians had to protect their families as they could in that time, and that's why Ukrainian Insurgent Army was founded. Many false historians say and/or write about UPA soldiers as about Nazi collaborations, forgetting the important historical fact: on June 30th, 1941 Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) declared the Act of the Rehabilitation of Ukrainian State in Lviv. In that day Nazi troops entered in Lviv and then they began to arrest OUN members, because Hitler didn't imagine any Ukrainian independent state. OUN and UPA were reciprocal connected Ukrainian organizations, though not only Ukrainians were the members of OUN and UPA, but the representatives of the different nations, who didn't want to live in Soviet or Nazi empire and who could imagine to live in free Ukraine. Poles weren't in OUN and UPA, because during the World War II they couldn't just suppose to give back Ukrainian territories to Ukrainians and to see the creation of Ukrainian state. That's why many Poles consider OUN and UPA Polish enemies till nowadays. Many Russians, especially Russian chauvinists, have the same feelings toward OUN and UPA as many Poles because of the same cause - these two Ukrainian organizations (OUN - political-public, UPA - military) fought for Ukrainian state's creation and didn't want to see Ukraine in Soviet Union. Many Jews consider UPA Nazi collaborants too, forgetting to read historical facts from Ukrainian archives and books, which write about Jewish members in UPA. If You want to know the truth about the activity of OUN and UPA, read many informational source without getting Russian or Polish sources about OUN and UPA as one right history's version. Of course, You can find many Ukrainian books about OUN and UPA, for example, "UPA. Story of Unconquered", the first two published volumes of "History of OUN and UPA in 12 Volumes", "Life and Activity of Stepan Bandera. Documents and Materials" and others.
If You can understand the desire of the nation to have its own independent state and the feeling of the duty to protect own nation during the war, You will understand OUN and UPA.
I only please You not to compare and not to parallel OUN with any modern political party in Ukraine, because there is no the second OUN now, though the famous political party "Svoboda" (Freedom Party) very likes to parallel itself with OUN.